MEANING/意义
    挑
      
  • tiāo
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    pick; poke; raise; choose; incite; select; provoke; stir up; to choose; make public; cross-stitch; rising stroke; bring into the open; holding up with a pole; shoulder pole with its load; carry things on a shoulder pole; load carried on a shoulder pole; to pick (flowers) 
    Type noun/名词; quantifier/量词; verb/动词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 挑拨民族关系
      
      
    tiǎo bō mín zú guān xì
      
    sound for pinyin
    sow dissension among different nationalities

  • 我要挑染头发。
      
      
    wǒ yào tiáo rǎn tóu fa
      
    sound for pinyin
    I want to get a few highlights.
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 挑选
      
    tiāo xuǎn
      
    sound for pinyin
    choose; to choose; to select

  • 挑战
      
    tiǎo zhàn
      
    sound for pinyin
    challenge; to challenge

  • 挑剔
      
    tiāo tī
      
    sound for pinyin
    fussy; picky

  • 挑拨
      
    tiǎo bō
      
    sound for pinyin
    to instigate; to sow discord; to incite disharmony

  • 挑衅
      
    tiǎo xìn
      
    sound for pinyin
    to provoke; provocation

  • 挑剔
      
    tiāo ti
      
    sound for pinyin
    to nitpick; to be picky

  • 挑出
      
    tiāo chū
      
    sound for pinyin
    pick out; set aside

  • 挑打
      
    tiáo dǎ
      
    sound for pinyin
    (of table tennis)  flick
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